Tackle holder



April 29, 1952 C, F, BRYANT i 2,595,051

TACKLE HOLDER Filed Aug. 11, 1949 ggf,

Patented Apr. 29,' 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TACKLE HOLDER Claude F. Bryant, Shreveport, La. Application August 11, 1949, Serial No. 109,690

v 1 Claim. (Cl. i3-57.5) 4

This invention relates to a tackle holder, and has for lone of its objects the production of a simple and efficient means for supporting a plurality of fishing lures in a convenient position where they will be handy to the user and will be supported in a proper position to prevent loss or entanglement with the fishing tackle, and where they may be easily released from the holder with a minimum amount of inconvenience or effort.

A further object of this invention is the production Aof a simple and efficient tackle holder which is formed in o ne piece of material and comprises a minimum number of parts which are arranged to facilitate the attachment and removal of fishing lures to and from the holder.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear throughout the following specication and claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tackle holder;

Figure 2 is an end view thereof;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the tackle holder, reduced in size.

By referring to the drawing, it will be seen that I designates the base or bottom of the tackle holder, which base I0 is preferably nat and of a desired length. The base I0 is provided with a pair of longitudinally extending parallel side walls I I and I2 which extend vertically of the base and are formed integrally with the parallel side edges of the base I0.

The wall Il is provided with a plurality of spaced yieldable inwardly and lupwardly inclined parallel tongues I3 which extend substantially transversely of the longitudinal axis of the tackle holder. The wall I2 is also provided with similar tongues I4 which are spaced from each other and are inwardly and upwardly inclined and are arranged in spaced parallel relation, as shown in Figures 1 and 3. The tongues I3 are beveled 0r tapered at their outer ends, as at I5, to provide wide diverging entrance openings I6 at the Ventrances of the slots I1, which slots are defined by the spaced parallel tongues I3, and which slots I 'I extend longitudinally between the tongues I3. Slots I8 also are defined by the spaced tongues I4 and these slots extend'longitudinally of the tongues I4. The tongues I4 also are provided with tapered or beveled ends I9 which provide wide diverging entrance openings 20 at the outer ends of the slots I8.

By noting Figures 1 and 2, it will be seen that the tongues I3 which are carried by the wall II, converge upwardly toward the tongues I4 which 2 are carried by the wall I2, and that the outer ends of the tongues I3 terminate short of the outer ends of the tongues I4. This arrangement provides an eilicient means for facilitating the placing of the lures in position upon,.and the removal of the lures from, the tackle holder. In operation, the hooks 2| of the lure 22 are dropped down between the spaced ends of the opposed tongues I3 and I4 and the Shanks of the hooks are guided into one of the slots I1, the lure lying upon the top of the tongues I3 in a position to straddle the slotl I "I between two of the tongues I3 and in an upwardlyinclined position. The lure 22 easily maybe extracted by an upward pull in the direction of the outer end of the slot I'I. The inclined position of the tongues I3 will tend to hold the lures in position when the hooks thereof are tted in the slots between the tongues, and the spaced arrangement of the outer ends of the tongues I3 and I4 will facilitate the removal of the lures from the tackle holder when a lure is moved to a position to release the hooks 2| from the slot I'I in which they have been fitted. The

upward converging tongues I3 and I4 which define the respective slots I'I and I8, and the spaced end of these slots provide a structural arrangement which will facilitate the placing and holding of the lures in position upon the tackle holder and will also provide means for facilitating the removal of the lures with a minimum amount of effort.

Due to the particular structure of applicants device, it will be noted that because of the structure of the upwardly inclined and converging sets of tongues carried by the holder, the lures may be dropped upon the holder in the space between the inner ends of the sets of tongues so that the hooks hang into the holder. When the lures are released from the fingers of the user, the lures will automatically slide downwardly toward the side walls by pull of gravity, the hooks and/or connecting shanks tting within the slots between the tongues and thereby connecting or holding the lures in a position where they may be easily lifted from the holder.

It should be noted that the inner ends of the tongues I4 of the wall I2 converge upwardly and inwardly toward'the inner ends of the tongues I 3 ofthe wall I I, and since all of these tongues are yieldable the tongues may be easily depressed downwardly toward the base I0. Consequently, when placing a lure between the tongues I3, the outer ends of the tongues I 4 may be depressed downwardly to prevent the hooks from the lure which is being mounted in position or removed from the tackle holder from becoming entangled with the tongues I4 or the lures carried by the opposite Wall. This is particularly of advantage where a lure which is being placed in the holder is provided with large hooks. The holder, therefore, is adaptable for use with lures having hooks of various sizest The tackle holder provides a simple and efflcient means for supporting the lures at all times in place, and when so supported there is no danger of the lures becoming entangled with other fishing gear, or of the lures being left in the bottom of the boat when the lures are not in use. The holder may be placed in the bottom of the boat, or in any convenient location, and the hooks of the lures will at all times, be shielded since they hang within the holder through the slots which are dened by the spaced tongues.

It should be noted that the tongues I4 may support the lures 23 and 24, as well as other lures, in a manner similar to that described with respect to the lures 22.

Having described the claimed as new is:

A tackle holder comprising a single sheet of material having a at base and vertical side walls spaced laterally from each other, each wall having a plurality of laterally spaced yieldable upwardly inclined tongues defining slots between the tongues, each tongue having a free tapered end defining a wide diverging entrance opening at the outer ends of said slots to facilitate the insertion of hooks o f a fishing lure therein, the free ends of the tongues of one wall being spaced from invention, what is and converging toward the inner ends of the tongues of the other Wall, the inclined position of the tongues constituting an inclined support for the body of a lure in a manner whereby the hooks carried by the lure will be suspended through and below the slots between the tongues to shield and protect the hooks from injury, the inclined tongues also facilitating the automatic sliding of the lures toward the side walls of the holder by the pull of gravity to secure the lures to the holder when a lure is fitted upon the tackle holder and is released from the fingers of a user, the yieldable nature of said tongues facilitating the depression of the tongues of one wall while removing a lure from between the tongues of the opposite wall to prevent the entangling of the hooks thereof with the tongues of the opposite wall and the lures carried by the tongues of the opposite wall.

CLAUDE F. BRYANT.

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